Since at least the summer of 2022 and the creation of Operation Lone Star, the state of Texas has flagrantly violated federal law, illegally installing razor wire and barring federal agents from accessing the border. This illegal abrogation of border authority recently played a part in the death of 3 migrants crossing the Rio Grande, as Texas ignored their distress and wouldn’t allow Federal border agents to aid them.
Yesterday, January 23rd, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, ordered Texas to allow federal agents access. The Texas National Guard released a statement that they will continue to “hold the line” at Colby Park.
There are no heroes in this story, as we are all painfully aware of the abuses perpetrated by federal border control, and are under no illusions about what their authority means for migrants. However, Operation Lone Star and Texas’ unilateral border policies are even MORE dangerous, even MORE outrageous than the existing federal policies, so this Supreme Court ruling marks a chance to scale back some of the most egregious human rights violations.
(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)
Omg please let the fascists start killing each other.
balkanize texas
carve it up like they did the ottomans after ww1
The ottomans balkanized Texas??? /s
I think they’re referring to the balkanisation of Ottexamas on 25 December 1897, when Texas seceded from the Ottexamas, leading to its renaming as the ‘Ottoman Empire’. Some people still celebrate this event on every year, although the name of celebration sometimes takes its modern spelling, Xmas, often confused as shorthand for Christmas.
What will really make me think we’re in the real cool zone is if the Biden administration officially activates the Texas National Guard and orders them to stand down and the ATG of Texas refuses the orders and keeps riding with governor dipshit
Hitler without a moustache is not something I’ve ever seen before. It’s unsettling lol
Balkanize already
Come on. Lets see the Texas National Guard and the Border Patrol get into open conflict. It would be the first time either of them has fought a peer enemy, and it would produce some
combat footage.
this eu4 game getting spicy
I’m not an accelerationist, but I can’t say no to a civil war in the core
I hope Texas tries to secede so Mexico can take it back lmao
The only fair outcome
It’s not a coincidence that major news stations are actively dodging this story. They can’t have it get out to normal people that we’re on the verge of a massive domestice incident and Biden is making speeches about beer and bridges.
Haha what a story Mark
And now 25 republican governors released a joint statement supporting Texas https://www.rga.org/republican-governors-ban-together-issue-joint-statement-supporting-texas-constitutional-right-self-defense/
Biden can federalize Texas National Guard. However, this is typically done in specific circumstances and with legal justifications, such as responding to a national emergency or protecting federal interests. What happens if they refuse, or even a significant portion of them refuse. This seems like a really volatile situation. Meanwhile, if the feds do nothing then they end up looking like they were bluffing and got called.
Imagine packing then court, and then getting mad when that court doesn’t agree with 100% of what you want. Literal babies.
